William N. Failor, president and COO of Cobbs, Allen & Hall, Inc., is no stranger to E.L. Connally Elementary School. In his third year as a participant of Principal for a Day, Failor read the book If You Give a Moose a Muffin to a kindergarten class and later treated each student to a choice of […]
Warren T. Jackson Elementary put its best foot forward in hosting Target Store Team Leader Andy Morris as its Principal for a Day. Principal Lorraine Reich showed off one of the school’s biggest assets — its teachers — following a video presentation for the community partner. Morris met members of the school’s PTA, including Co-Presidents […]
Sam Massell and Jim Alexander came in from a cold and wet outside to find a bright and cheery atmosphere at Garden Hills Elementary as the school’s honorary Principals for a Day (PFAD). Massell is the Buckhead Coalition president and former Atlanta mayor, while Alexander is senior vice president for business development with Harry Norman Realtors. […]
Earlier in the day we heard from Grady High’s paper on what to look for in tomorrow’s inaugural Domecoming Football Classic at the Georgia Dome. And just as there’s more than one APS team in this extravaganza at the Georgia Dome, there’s also more than one school newspaper cranking out print journalism. Booker T. Washington […]
Earlier this month, more than 150 enthusiastic APS students attended the 2009 Engineering, Architecture, and Construction Career Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center. Sponsored by the Career and Technical Education (CTE) department of the Office of High Schools, the primary purpose of the conference was to motivate students to achieve at higher levels while […]
UPDATE: There are still more photos available in a special gallery set up on the district Web site, http://www.atlantapublicschools.us. Check out the photo gallery here. There were so many great images from today’s Peyton Forest Elementary playground build with KaBOOM! and The Home Depot, so we thought we’d offer this little photo gallery. We’ll see […]
For Peyton Forest Elementary ESOL teacher Beth Bolden (pictured, above left), the six-hour construction of an entirely new playground was the culmination of a three-year dream. For Principal Karen Barlow Brown (pictured, above right), it confirmed the commitment of her staff and the surrounding community to make her school a better place for her students. […]
Atlanta Public Schools introduces the inaugural APS Neighborhood Celebration at 2 p.m. Sat., Nov. 21, at North Atlanta High School. Part pep rally, part open house, the “All for All, One by One” event will celebrate our neighborhood schools through student performances, a “Parade of Schools,” school displays, a canned food drive and even a […]
[gallery link=”file”] Beecher Hills Elementary will hold its second annual Vocabulary Parade on Oct. 30. This parade is part of the school’s continuing emphasis on vocabulary development. It is our hope that students will enjoy this activity while increasing their vocabulary, and we hope that all students, grades K-5, will create a project. The idea […]
This just in, from the NCAA … Approximately 200 NCAA Division I student-athletes will meet in Atlanta for leadership development and to partner with local elementary school children, teachers and parents to complete a beautification project at [Mary Lin Elementary and Burgess-Peterson Academy]. The projects and meetings will take place October 23-25. On Saturday, October […]